Input device and operating method thereof

• US 20090201255A1
• Filed: 11/24/2008
• Published: 08/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Compal Communications Incorporated (Compal Electronics Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Compal Communications Incorporated (Compal Electronics Incorporated)
• Inventors: Lee, Meng-Ju
• Application Number:
  US12/292,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20090201255A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/962 Capacitive touch switches
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 2217/94052 with evaluation of actuation pattern or sequence, e.g. tapping

Abstract

The invention provides an input device. The input device comprises a plurality of keys, a recording module, a database, an analyzing module, and a selecting module. The recording module is connected to the keys, for recording a former keystroke sequence and voltage variation information related to the keys. The database is for storing a plurality set of default data. The analyzing module is connected to the recording module and the database, for generating a set of pressed probabilities related to the keys based on the plurality set of default data and the former keystroke sequence. The selecting module is connected to the recording module and the analyzing module, for selecting a target key from the plurality of keys based on the set of pressed probabilities and the voltage variation information.

Claims

1. An input device comprising:

a plurality of keys;

a recording module connected to the keys, for recording a former keystroke sequence and voltage variation information related to the keys;

a database for storing a plurality set of default data;

an analyzing module connected to the recording module and the database, for generating a set of pressed probabilities related to the keys based on the plurality set of default data and the former keystroke sequence; and

a selecting module connected to the recording module and the analyzing module, for selecting a target key from the plurality of keys based on the set of pressed probabilities and the voltage variation information.

2. The input device of claim 1, wherein the voltage variation information comprises at least a voltage variation, and each of the voltage variations is corresponding to one of the plurality of keys.

3. The input device of claim 2, wherein the set of pressed probability comprises at least a pressed probability, and each of the pressed probabilities is corresponding to one of the plurality of keys.

4. The input device of claim 3, wherein the selecting module performs a judgment function to select the target key, and the judgment function is a functional relationship between the target key and each of the set of pressed probability and the voltage variation information related to the keys.

5. The input device of claim 1, wherein the database is a telephone directory or an address book.

6. The input device of claim 1, wherein the former keystroke sequence comprises at least a number, and each of the numbers is corresponding to one of the plurality of keys.

7. The input device of claim 1 further comprising:

a display module connected to the recording module and the selecting module, for revealing the former keystroke sequence and a symbol corresponding to the target key.

8. A method of operating an input device, the method comprising the following steps:

(a) recording a former keystroke sequence and voltage variation information related to the plurality of keys;

(b) generating a set of pressed probability related to the keys based on a plurality set of default data stored in a database and the former keystroke sequence; and

(c) selecting a target key from the plurality of keys based on the set of pressed probabilities and the voltage variation information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the voltage variation information comprises at least a voltage variation, and each of the voltage variations is corresponding to one of the plurality of keys.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the set of pressed probability comprises at least a pressed probability, and each of the pressed probabilities is corresponding to one of the plurality of keys.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein each of the set of pressed probabilities and the voltage variation information related to the keys are substituted to a function for selecting the target key in step (c).

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the database is a telephone directory or an address book.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the former keystroke sequence comprises at least a number, and each of the numbers is corresponding to one of the plurality of keys.

14. The method of claim 8 further comprising the following step:

revealing the former keystroke sequence and a symbol corresponding to the target key.